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Corey Robin on the Republican tax bill: Four takeaways. Kevin Drum on the grad student tuition fee waiver, explained: “I’m afraid STEM is just collateral damage in a war against economics, sociology, women’s studies, education, history, and so forth”. Is the Republican tax plan intentionally sloppy? Hamilton Nolan on how the income tax is great and why the estate tax should be 100 percent. The tax debate we need: Progressive taxation curbs the power of the wealthy — and that’s exactly why the Right hates it. A millionaire explains why he wants to pay more taxes and thinks the Republican tax plan is bad for America: Ella Nilsen interviews Morris Pearl, chair of the board of Patriotic Millionaires. You’re the real job creator: Dayna Tortorici interviews Stephanie Kelton, professor of economics at Stony Brook University.

Sean Phelan (Massey): Critical Discourse Analysis and Media Studies. Net neutrality protests move online, yet Big Tech is quiet. Constance Grady on the uproar over the New Yorker short story “Cat Person”, explained. This is why evangelicals love Trump’s Israel policy: Hint — it has to do with burning lakes of fire. Why farmers were the first time travelers: Adam Roberts reviewsTime Travel: A History by James Gleick; Why Time Flies: A Mostly Scientific Investigation by Alan Burdick; and Of Time and Lamentation: Reflections on Transience by Raymond Tallis. Sucking up to the Saudis: Rafia Zakaria on the Arab Spring in Tom Friedman’s head. Poland’s autocratic counterrevolution draws nearer (and more).